Tiruvallur
was originally known as Tiruvallur which specifies the sleeping position
of the holy
lord "Balaji",
in the Veeraragava temple of Tiruvallur. Later people began to refer
it by names such as Trivellore
and Tiruvallur. Today Tiruvallur is well known, one of the reason being
the Veeraragava Temple. The new moon day is very auspicious day for the
lord and so for the people of the town.
The
district of Tiruvallur has been carved out by bifurcating erstwhile
Chengalpattu district (which was renamed as Chengalpattu-MGR/Kancheepuram
at the time of 1991 Census). According to the said bifurcation Tiruvallur
revenue division which included Tiruvallur, Tiruttani taluks and Uthukkottai
and Pallipattu sub-taluks separated from Chengalpattu district along
with Ponneri and Gummindipoondi taluks of Saidapet revenue division
and formed this new district. At present this district is comprised
of eight taluks namely Ambattur, Gummindipoondi, Ponneri, Uthukkottai,
Tiruvallur, Poonamallee, Tiruttani and Pallipattu.
In the far past, this region was under a chain of regimes commencing
from the Pallavas during the 7th century ending with the Nawab of Arcot
during the early part of 19th century when it came under the British
rule. In 1687, the Golkonda rulers were defeated and the region came
under the Moghul emperors of Delhi. The towns and villages of this region
were the scene of Carnatic wars. Battles are said to have been fought
in this region during the struggle for supremacy between the English
and French. The town of Pulicat was the earliest Dutch possession in
India founded in 1609 which was ceded to the British in 1825. With this,
the region came under the British rule which ended on the 15th August,
1947 with India becoming independent.
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